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title: "Dancing in the Moonlight (Beach)"

meaning: "King Harvest's moonlight singalong retitled for Moonlight Beach: the cover that names the album's physical place."

year: 2023
release: "Moonlight Beach"
releaseType: "album"

artist: "Scoobert Doobert"
artistId: "#scoobert"

cover: true
coverOf: "King Harvest"

spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/track/07vT5XKYnkytySiCLZPYn3"

themes: ["Moonlight Beach", "cover", "Encinitas"]

press:
  - outlet: "Beformer — Indie Covers & Feel Good (Instagram)"
    url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJOsHWv_4D/"
    desc: "March 23, 2023 — official Indie Covers & Feel Good adds; King Harvest cover; Indie Covers art features Remi Wolf (USC Thornton contemporary)."
  - outlet: "Beformer — Dancing in the Moonlight (Beach) on Spotify Chill Vibes (Instagram)"
    url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/CpHC2DcrPYV/"
    desc: "February 25, 2023 — official Chill Vibes editorial add; major playlist; King Harvest cover."

isrc: QZFZ72303986
isrcSource: soundexchange
draft: false

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Track three on [*Moonlight Beach*](/albums/moonlight-beach/), Scoobert’s cover of **King Harvest’s** **“Dancing in the Moonlight,”** retitled **“(Beach)”** to tie the song to [Moonlight State Beach](https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=659) in Encinitas. The album essay treats covers as part of the record’s social, hang-out surface: less solipsistic bedroom pop, more “come outside.”

[@beformer](https://www.instagram.com/p/CpHC2DcrPYV/) announced the cover on official **Spotify Chill Vibes** (**Feb 25, 2023**) — a major editorial playlist ahead of the LP. [@beformer](https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJOsHWv_4D/) followed with **Indie Covers** and **Feel Good** (**Mar 23, 2023**) in the same post as [*Feels So Good*](/songs/feels-so-good/). The Beformer promo uses Spotify’s **Indie Covers** playlist artwork — **Remi Wolf**, who was in USC Thornton’s Popular Music Program at the same time as Luke Walton; they knew each other at school. [FIP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIP_(radio_station)) logged plays for this version alongside [*Walk Don't Run*](/songs/walk-dont-run/) during the *Moonlight Beach* cycle.

DistroKid cover, original by King Harvest. No lyrics published here.

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